| 10-01-2008
Scania
is now delivering 25 articulated buses meeting the Euro 4 emission requirements
to the public transport company in Changzhou in the Jiangsu province in eastern
China. Scania won the contract on account of its emission technology, low operating
cost and long service life.
The
delivery was made as a result of the agreement between Scania and Chinese bodybuilder
Jiangsu Alfa Bus, signed in the presence of Sweden's prime minister and China's
president in June 2007. Scania's
emission technology is based on EGR, exhaust gas recirculation, which neither
requires aftertreatment of exhaust gases, nor extra tanks with additive on-board. "Our
convenient emission control solution appeals to Chinese customers," says
Mats Harborn, Managing Director of Scania China. "Getting lower exhaust emissions
without the need to store and fill additives makes it easy to take a radical step
towards a cleaner transport system. "Scania
scores high on uptime, fuel economy and service support. Combined with long-lived
and durable vehicles, this is fundamental to minimise the overall operating cost
¨C the cost per passenger-kilometre." In
October last year, Scania signed a contract and is also in the process of supplying
500 city buses to Singapore, where environmental performance was a deciding factor.. China
is rapidly extending its BRT systems (bus rapid transit), with many projects in
the pipeline in major cities all across the country. BRT provides a quick and
flexible solution to passenger transport in fast-growing regions. Alfa
Bus is a privately owned company based in Jiangsu province that manufactures buses
for urban traffic as well as tourist and express coaches. With backing from Scania,
the company will also be responsible for marketing the Scania buses it produces. Editor:
James Yin from Chinabuses.com
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